Reference

This reference details the public APIs that DataTables and its extensions present, with all of the information that you, the developers using DataTables, need to be able to interact with the table programmatically. The manual summarises how the APIs can be used, but the reference here deals with the nitty-gritty of the implementation details and shows code examples of how each interface can be used.

DataTables and its extensions have a wealth of options which can be configured using the initialisation object that is passed into the $().DataTable() constructor when creating a new table. This section details all of these options, with code examples of how each option can be used. Read more »

The DataTables API allows manipulation of the table, data retrieval and other operations on the table after it has been initialised. The DataTables API makes heavy use of chaining to provide an intuitive and expressive API, that allows you to get the maximum amount done with the minimum amount of code. Read more »

It can often be useful to know when a DataTable or one of its extensions has performed a particular operation, since user interfaces, by their very nature are asynchronous with user interaction driving the controls of the table. For this purpose, DataTables will emit custom events which can be listened for and acted upon as needed. Read more »

It is often useful to present a button or set of buttons that will affect the DataTable or the data contained in the DataTable, allowing the end user to perform operations on the table. The Buttons extension provides a common core library for such buttons and the various DataTables extensions can provide buttons that are used to access the functionality of that extension. Read more »